. The principles and practice of surgery. Same with limb in position. A long outside splint, constructed as I have described for the preven-tion of eversion, the continuity of which is interrupted for a space offoitr or six inches opposite the fracture, and reunited by projecting ironbrackets, will answer very well in ordinary compound fractures whichare not the result of gunshots. The following wood-cuts will explain a movable bed or stretcherwhich I have used to advantage in army practice, and which admits alsoof the employment of moderate extension. A long side splint may beadded sometimes.
. The principles and practice of surgery. Same with limb in position. A long outside splint, constructed as I have described for the preven-tion of eversion, the continuity of which is interrupted for a space offoitr or six inches opposite the fracture, and reunited by projecting ironbrackets, will answer very well in ordinary compound fractures whichare not the result of gunshots. The following wood-cuts will explain a movable bed or stretcherwhich I have used to advantage in army practice, and which admits alsoof the employment of moderate extension. A long side splint may beadded sometimes. Of the various double-inclined planes in use, the best are Hodgenswire suspension apparatus, N. R. Smiths anterior splint, or a doubleinclined plane made of boards, with a joint corresponding to the knee,and a foot-board. Nearly all of the complicated, flimsy, patented 304 FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. double-inclined planes invented by mechanics, and hawked about thecountry by agents, are simply worthless. Fig. lllWBP - - IBlilllji
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